The Rome Area Chamber of Commerce presents

The 30th Annual Honor America Days Celebration

Saluting the 1980's — Saturday, July 27th

Rome's biggest day of the year is always the last Saturday in July! You're invited to join in on the fun at the Honor America Days Parade and, later that evening on July 27, it's the Symphoria Symphony Orchestra Honor America Days Pops Concert on the west lawn at Fort Stanwix National Monument followed by a spectacular fireworks display.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Thanks to all those who supported Honor America Days at this year's Silent Auction on May 11th.

2013 Honor America Days

Plans are well underway for Honor America Days 2013: The 30th Anniversary of Honor America Days, to
be held on Saturday, July 27th. Groups and organizations are contacting the Chamber in preparation
for this year's events. In addition, we will be recognizing 30 years of Honor America Days events with a
spectacular fireworks show presented by Berkshire Bank during the Symphoria Orchestra Pops Concert
at Fort Stanwix.

Honor America Days has grown to become one of the most recognizable events in the Mohawk Valley.
As Honor America Days' popularity has grown, so have other events like the Rotary Club's 11th annual
Canal Fest, the 4th annual East Rome Memories picnic as well as many, many more events held
citywide like local ice cream socials, church suppers, chicken barbeques and children's events.
The parade divisions are filling up fast, and there still may be room for your group or organization to
join the fun. See the link on the Chamber website where you will find the application or call the Chamber
to see if there are any spots still available. The Honor America Days Committee has added new
awards to recognize the many different floats and unique entertainment that makes Rome's parade
second to none.

For the first time in its 30 year history the RFA Marching Band will be appearing in the annual parade
on Saturday, July 27, 10:00am. Under the direction of Jake Meiss the marching band will be debuting
newly purchased band uniforms. The Westmoreland High School Marching Band will also be
making a return appearance to this summer's parade. Along with them, the parade will feature at
least a dozen more groups encompassing many different genres of music along with an entire
division of the Ziyara Shriners featuring clowns, motorcycles and the entertainingly zany antics of
the Shriners.

Once again, Syracuse's Symphoria will present the annual 8:00pm concert on the lawn of Fort
Stanwix National Monument. The orchestra will present a mix of pops and patriotic musical tunes
for concert goers.

In a change for the 30th Anniversary Celebration, the Committee has chosen to
contract with Rome based Entertainment Services for all its audio and staging
this year. Entertainment Services will provide state of the art audio as well as an
elevated stage allowing the entire audience to see the symphony.

In addition to the many technical advantages that Entertainment Services has to
offer, for the first time we will have a 9' x 12' Jumbotron screen at this year's
concert. We believe the ability to stream live content during the concert will
greatly add to the audience's visual experience during the concert. We will have
the ability to tape the parade and show the film on the Jumbotron for preconcert
entertainment. We are extremely excited about the enhancements Entertainment
Services will make for the concert. With the addition of the Jumbotron
screen at this year's Pops Concert, Symphoria will add a Sing A Long for the whole crowd
to participate in during the concert. The words will be displayed on the Jumbo Tron and
the Honor America Days Committee hopes this becomes a new tradition of offering another
opportunity for the concert goers to feel a part of the festivities.

As always, the concert will culminate with the 1812 Overture followed by the Stars and
Stripes and for the second year in a row, Berkshire Bank will present another fantastic
fireworks show in honor of the HAD 30th Anniversary.

As part of our fundraising efforts, we are again soliciting major sponsorships, parade division
sponsorships and new to this year's celebration will be HAD pole banners to be
placed in strategic locations like the Fort Stanwix area, East Dominick Street and possibly
sections of the parade route. These pole banners will be on display for approximately a
month during July/August.

We hope you come and enjoy all the Honor America Days activities. We are looking
forward to another festive and fun event for all.